Tile



L. F. RAMSEY.

m5. APPLICATICN FILED OCT. 29, I920.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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TILE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 29. I920.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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law/(s Ramsey I LEWIS F. RAMSEY, GE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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To all whom it mag concern: v

. Be it known that 1, Lewis F. flmisnr, a

itizen of the United States, residing at" Kansas'City, in the county of Jacksonand State of Missouri, have invented certain new i and useful rm rovern'entsin Tiles; and I ,do

1. riptio'n of'the'iuyention such as ill enable other skilled in the art to which it .appertains to m'ake and use the same, refereuce being had to the.accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forma part of this specification.

This invention relates to building tile and it is applicable for use in building silos and the like although it is also adopted for use in building partition walls, facing Walls. or,

description in connection with tlieacconr panying drawings, in which Fi l a fra mentar ers ectlve View b. V 2: .17 V l g of a silo constructed in accordance with my invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a detail View of one of the tie rods for bonding adjacent tile.

Fig. 3 is an end view of a straight wallet tile structure.

Fig. 4 is an inside perspective View of one of the tile constructed in accordance with my invention c Fig. 5 is an outside perspective View of the same.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, perspective VlGW' web portion 1 preferably. extends longitudi i: the following to be afull, clear, and

shown in Fig. 3 with insulating formed of a single piece having a maln web portionl and a transverse extension or web portion 2. The

I Specificationof'LettersTatent. Patented App, Application filed Oct-owes, i

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" nallyof the wall or structure while the pen" 'les' tlOI1' 2'lS shownfas arrangedlat right .an

thereto to proyide an interlocking tongue 1 adapted to engage a tongue receiving groove t inv anadjacent tile, the interlocl'zingportion in which the groove 4; is "formed being on the inner faceof the'longitudinal web The grooye tis' preferably undercut to re ceiye the undercut tongue Elsofthat when-the adjacent tile are broughttogetherjthey will p .as clearlyapparent by refbe interlocked; erence t'oj Fi'g'. 3. I

The, longitudinal web 1 with an inter-locking tongue 5, which is portion 1 and it is adapted to'engage in a tongue-receiving groove or notch 6;in the outer face of the web portion 2 and preferably at the angleorpoint of connection of the portion QWllll] l. The structure thus formed provides a hollow, interlocking,

single-web tile, the'connecting tiles forming in'Fig. are substantially the same as thoseshown in Figs. 3, kland 5 exceptthatthelongitudinal faces of. the

is also formed slightly inclined with respect to the main 7 faces of the outer tile, this being desirable in order to form. the circular structure.

. The tile may be bonded t eth by verted, U-shapedtie rods 9, one of ,y hj h. i

indicated in detail in Fig; 2.

p In Fig. 6.1 have shown a slightly IH O'Cllfied form of tile consisting of the longitudinal web portions 10 and the transverse web portions 11, substantially the same as shown in Figs. 3, 4t 'and'5'with the exception that the outer faces of the tile have inclined, ofiset portions 12 to form facing orweather tile.

I InFig 7 the constructionissubstantially that shown in Fig. 3 except that the insulating stripsl?) are diagonally arranged'in the air spaces? and the. tile are preferably tied by diagonal bonds 9, there being a filling bythe recesses '16 on the insulating strips'17l These strips may be of any number, "de pendent upon the width of the web portions 85" inner tile are slightly shorter'than the outer 2' so I do not Wish to be limited to the exact number shown. The Webs 2 may be bondecl together however, by bonds 9, as elearly shown and, if desired, a filling may be placed between any of the spaces formed by the strips 17. J 7 7 It will be apparent that the tile may be ar ranged in courses or staggered to form lap joints, the latter arrangement beingfaooomplishecl by arranging the first course of tile of different heights; for example by cutting eachalternate tile in half, then the rest oi the tile may be arranged insthe usual way so that lap joints Wili beformetlyas shown 1n Fig. l. Thisis the preferred arrangement sine-e the, structure w ll be tied better 1 than itithe' tile arevlaid in straight courses In assembling. thetile each aglcletl tile 1S split vertically in interlocking engagement With the preceding tile that the tongues 3 will engage in grooves 4;. The .tWo ad a- A tileWall comprisinv a plnrality of. tiles, 7

each of Which iS PIOViCiQLl with a long leg and a short leg, the longleg having a tongueengaging groove on its inner face and in the transverse center thereof and the short leg o1 each tile having a groove-engaging tongue to engage the groove in the center of the long leg of a complementary tile, the el is of the lon le bein curved to en age a roove in b M C) the outer it'ace of the short leg of a temple mentarytile, the freeiencls of the long legs of all the tilesextencling in the same direction. t

In testimony whereoi I affixmy signature.

' LEWIS F. RAMSEY. t 

